RE:[SOLVED] Dell PowerEdge 2850 kernel panic.

["Michael Bellears" <MBellears@staff.datafx.com.au>]

> 
> Michael Bellears wrote:
> > Debian-Installer RC2 (Downloaded 28/12/2004).
> > 
> > 3 x 72.8 SCSI drives in Raid 5.
> > 
> > Install successfully detects raid controller, and allows 
> partitioning 
> > and installs boot-loader(Grub) successfully - but upon 
> reboot, I get a 
> > kernel panic:
> > 
> > Pivot_root: No such file or directory
> > /sbin/init: 426: cannot open dev/console: no such file 
> Kernel panic: 
> > Attempted to kill init!
> > 

Basically, D-I does not load the megaraid2 module, so first reboot fails
with the above.

To solve:

- Prior to first reboot of D-I Installer (Just before Grub/Lilo
section), I alt+F2 to get a new console, then chroot'd into /target

- Then added megaraid2 to /etc/mkinitrd/modules

- mount -tproc none /proc

- cp /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-I-386 /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-I-386.ORIG

- mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-I-386 (Makes new initrd image)

- exit from chroot

- alt+F1 to get back to installed screen

- Run lilo step (Or Grub)

- Reboot, and all is good.

Thanks to Eric for his assistance.

Regards,
Mb